Byker
2019-08-07 22:20:38 UTC
What If, in World War II, Japan Got the Atomic Bomb First? A
controversial book
about Japan’s race to build an atomic weapon in 1945 is published there
for the
first time. It also raises questions about how North Korea finally got a
https://www.thedailybeast.com/in-world-war-ii-what-if-japan-got-the-atomic-bomb-first?ref=home
"After the war ended, intelligence officials learned that the Japanesecontroversial book
about Japan’s race to build an atomic weapon in 1945 is published there
for the
first time. It also raises questions about how North Korea finally got a
https://www.thedailybeast.com/in-world-war-ii-what-if-japan-got-the-atomic-bomb-first?ref=home
military,
just prior to their surrender, had actually developed and successfully
test-
fired an atomic device. The project had been housed in or near Konan (the
Japanese name for Hungnam), on the coast in the northern part of the
peninsula.
To make matters worse, by the end of 1945 the Soviets—who did not yet have
an
atomic bomb—had occupied much of Korea north of the 38th parallel and the
plant
where the Japanese atom bomb had been developed was under their control."
Sounds like BS, anyone out there know more about the Japanese A-Bomb
program?
https://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-japan-bomb-20150805-story.html
https://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/new-documents-found-pointing-to-japanese-atomic-bomb-pr-1722338915